St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-03

called, and you have refused. also will laugh
at your calamity; j will mock when your fear
cometh." There is but one passage in the
word of God that throws any light ON this
passage. 1t is Il text l never could get q grip
on. what measure ye mete shall be meas
ured TO ye again" Because | have called
and you have refused. ! also will laugh at
| your calamity; will mock when your fear
cometh" The whole logic of it is thIs Down
| here with light, and life and privilege. GOD
| calls, God calls aud you laugh and refuse,
| and then when the world is on fire and the
| judgment throne stands up, and you call and
| you cry, God refuses and God scolfs. Just
| what you do towards God tonight he will do
! to you at the Judgment bar. On, brother!
here is one man that is going to do what God
tells him TO do now, so that God will do what
l ask him to do at the final Judgment bar
| You laugh and scott tonight while God calls
| and becks, and then, trembling wretches,
you cry and call, and God scorns and laughs.
| Oh, what fearful thought enough to wake
| up world in its fear and shame. Because
| l have called and you have refused, also will
| laugh at your calamity; / VIII mock when
your fear cometh." My brother, let us do
what God says to do, and then ut last, when
| the world is on fire, God will hear our call and
cry and come to our relief.
| NOW THIS ONE ILLUSTRATION
| and L Will leave this question with you.
Down in our state one of our preachers told
! me this incident. Said he: "ln town where
/ l was pastor or rather q little way out of the
| town, there lived very wealthy, noble,
| prncely man. That man had only one child,
Il son, and that son was the idol of that grand
| old fathers heart. The father lavished every
| kindness and blessing upon that boy" And
| the old preacher went on and said that boy
! was sent to college, and came back de-
| bauched from head to foot with liquor but
after his return his fBther tried to win him
back by every goodness and kindness, but the
| boy went ON from bad 10 worse until it looked
| like he was breaking that fathers heart. On
and on che went until.one day the boy was In
| town drunk on the streets and the
| father drove in to inquire of his
| boy, where he was and what he was doing;
| and when he drove i'll and hitched his horse,
he started to store, and Just then his
drunken boy came, saw his father, caught
him rudy, cursed MIN to his face, and tried
to knock him down. The poor old father
pulled away from his boy, got in his buggy
and drove out to his elegant home. The
| servant took his horse, and the father, in
stead of going into the house walked away
| into the grove near by. He put his hands to
his head and uttered the most unearthy
! scream this world ever listened to. Then he
took his hands from his head, stood a moment
I then put his hands to his head again and ut
tered another unearthly scream. Then took
his hands down and stood quiet for moment,
then put his hands up again and uttered still
another fearful scream. Then stood quiet
moment, and walked back to the house, and
in an hour that
DRUNKEN BOY CAME STAGGERING UP.
The father heard him, walked out TO the
front porch, seized him by the arm, turned
him around and said: "Of these premises
forever; you are no longer my son; l despise
you." That boy in forty-eight hours from
that time died in the cutters and the father
never attended his funeral. When mercy
| finds its appointed bounds it turns to ven
geance. Oh, what picture Just 1,S00 years
years ago Jesus stood on the hill top and
looked down on Jerusalem, and said with q
wall: "Oh, Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusa-
lem" The three words. ''How oft would 1
have gathered you as hen gathers her
chickens under her wings, butye would not"
''Ye shall seek me, but shall not find me. Ye
shall die in your sins" Oh, how my mind
and heart is in sympathy with poor human
ity. In Augusta, Ga, preaching to a quiet
audience like this, when the invitation was
given for men TO come to Christ, they sat as
still rs stock and stone. One of the
old pastors got up and walked around
In the aisle. Said he: Brethren, listen. L
have heard the earnest warning this nigh
and for several nights, and can liken it unto
picture that lives in my memory. My
fathers cottage home was in full view of the
ocean, near q beach When little boy one
morning as walked out from my fathers
house and looked over the ocean, saw an
immense ship that had been driven on to the
and there stood the ship turned over on her
side, and / went down and ran all over her
decks and all over II. Year after year, and
month after month that old ship was lying
there on the beach. And when the spring
tide came in closer and closer, the waters sur
rounded the deck of tine grand Old ship, ana
| saw her straighten up and tremble under the
| pressure of the waters and locked out and
| said: "Old ship, go out to sea, don't stay
| here any longer, you'll be stranded and torn
| iTfn nia In CHI 3l1r l.
| had all receded, and
LEFT THE SHIP HIGH AMI DRY.
| And waited and saw the fall tide come In,
| and I saw the old ship move again, and trem-
| BILE once more under the pressure of the
water that arose round about her sides, and |
| said: go out: go out to sea; don't stay
| here. The waters are all around you, and
| never will be this high again. But next
morning there lay the old ship stranded for
| ever. Next morning | looked, and the old
| ship was gone. l ran down to the beach, and
she was wrecked and torn into fragments.
| have seen the tide of life come up on the
| beach of life around you old sinners. and
have seen you as you would tremble under
the pressure OF the waters of life,
and l have sat here and cried Poor old
sinners, Go out, go out, with this tide. Don't
let it recede." And said he: ''How many
more tides will come out around you: soon
you'll be stranded upon the beach of time
| forever and forever" God help every man
TO say: "Others may do as they please but
| here is one man who will make friends with
| God before he leaves this house tonight.
| (The audience at this point were deeply
stirred and several were crying) We are GO
| ing to hold an after service of fifteen min-
utes. Let every man while we sing leave
| who would rather go than stay Some are
going to stay here and be benefited. All
| those who would rather go than stay, we
want you to go, but beg you brother, listen
If not Christian let US make friends with
| God tonight while he calls.
| A DefauIting Official